[Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

Tue Aug 3 21:05:12 UTC 2010

masti wrote:
> On 08/03/2010 10:04 PM, wiki-list at phizz.demon.co.uk wrote:
>> Domas Mituzas wrote:
>>>> The issue is when someone aggregates the data and associates with
>>>> an individual, and then makes publishes it. Or uses that data to
>>>> make public statements about a user.
>>>
>>> we don't associate data with individual, we associate data with
>>> pseudonym.
>> And? People use the same pseudonym on more than one site just as they
>> use the same password on more than one site. Besides some people even
>> enter their real name.
> 
> this is their problem not ours. How do you know this is their real name? 
> Anything that looks like a name can be as "nicky" as any random list of 
> letters
> 

So if they are stupid or not sophisticated enough to hide behind 
anonymity then tough we'll exploit their personal data. Any thing they 
give away is fair game. Sound like the justification of hackers and 
phishers.

No ethics here then.